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Scientists and Engineers Are RISK TAKERS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are risk takers. They read about scientist Nikola Tesla in the book Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World. After reading, students observe and explore the differences between...
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Scientists and Engineers Are FEARLESS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are fearless. They read about Sylvia Earle in the book Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle. After reading, students observe photographs of two sawfish nostrums (bills...
Book Chapter
Scientists and Engineers Are CREATIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are creative. They read about Waterhouse Hawkins in the book The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. After reading, students create a three-dimensional model of a dinosaur from a two-dimension...
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Scientists and Engineers Are PERSUASIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are persuasive. They read about environmentalist Rachel Carson in the book Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. After reading, students engage in the scientific process of con...
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Scientists and Engineers Are PASSIONATE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are passionate. They read about scientist Wangari Maathai in the book Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World. After reading, students compare Arbor Day and Earth Day as celebrations...
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Scientists and Engineers Are INQUISITIVE (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are inquisitive. They read about scientist Carl Sagan in the book Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos. After reading, students investigate the difference between mass and...
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Scientists and Engineers USE MODIFICATION (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers use modification. They read Papa’s Mechanical Fish, a historical fiction book based on the inventive work of Lodner Phillips. After reading, students design a boat using specified materia...
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Scientists and Engineers USE IDEA DEVELOPMENT (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers use idea development. They read the book What Do You Do With an Idea? After reading, students learn about brainstorming and the design process. This selection highlights how scientists and ...
Book Chapter
Scientists and Engineers USE DESIGN PROCESS (Grades 3–5)
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers use design process. They read the book Rosie Revere, Engineer. After reading, students create a concept map of the design process after learning about the challenges that book character Ros...
NSTA Press Book
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition
Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such as skin and scales that don’...
By AAAS/Project 2061
NSTA Press Book
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Student Edition
Through 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow and repair their body structures....
By AAAS/Project 2061
eBook
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition (e-book)
Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such as skin and scales that don’...
eBook
Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Student Edition (e-book)
Through 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow and repair their body structures....